John caekoll



(No Model.) J. CARROLL.

' SOLDERING IRON.

- No. 244,377. Patented. July 19,1881.

n. PETERS. Pmwulmn m. Walhingkm. ac.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN CARROLL, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM BRAIDWOOD, OF MOUNT VERNON, AND LEVI HUSSEY, OF NEW .YORK,

SOLDEQRING-IRON.

SPECIFICATION" forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,377, dated July- 19, 1881.

Application filed May 21,1881. (No model.)

I all whom tt may concern: Be it known that I, JOHN CARROLL, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Solderin g- Irons,of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a reversible soldering-iron the tip of which may be brought into any position required by any variety of work, and which, by the convenience with which it may be manipulated when in use,

will effect a material economy in time and labor, as well as a material improvement in the character of the work turned out.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations of parts by which these objects are secured.

Figure 1 is a sideview, and Fig. 2 an edge view, of a soldering-iron made according to my invention.

The frame is composed of two parallel parts, A B, held together by sliding sleeve 0, which may be fixed at any part along the length of the frame by means of set-screw a. The outer end of the frame A B passes into a suitable 2 5 handle, D, with its extremity projecting beyond the handle, and having screwed thereon a nut, b. The two parts A B of the frame are therefore held in proper relation with each other by the handle at one end and the sleeve near the 0 opposite end. The parts A B are so shaped that, when fixed together, as just described, the forward end of the frame is forked, as shown at d, and pivoted on suitable pivots, c. On this forked outer portion of the frame A B is an 3 5 elastic annular socket, E. This socket E is divided, as shown at f, so that when the parts d of the frame A B are pressed closer together the diameter of the said socket will be contracted, the division f being of sufficient width 0 to 'permit of such adjustment of the socket.

The soldering-head F is circumferentially grooved at its central portion, so that when slipped into the socket E it will be held against longitudinal movement by the said socket,

5 and when the socket is loosened it will be permitted to have an axial rotary adjustment around the axial line g. This soldering-head F is double ended-one end being constructed for one variety of soldering work,'the opposite end for another variety of such work. The sleeve 0 is so constructed that when pressed up against the sloping or inclined outer edges of the innermost portions of the parts (1 it will tend to bring the said parts (1 nearer together to compress the annular socket E, as hereinbefore described. The sleeve 0 is, moreover, provided with a fork, h, which, when the sleeve is pushed outward to a sufficient degree toward the soldering-head F, passes astride of the adjacent end of the soldering-head, to et'- fectually hold the same against any tendency to lateral displacement even when the annular socket E is expanded or loose upon the head F.

In the use of the apparatus the head F may be turned either end outward, according as one or the other is required for any special variety of work. Preferably the conical end is brought inward between the prongs of the fork h, with the annular socket E loosened. As already set forth the head F will be permitted axial 7o movement even whenheld again st lateral movement by the action of the said fork.

When desired, the head F may be turned to any desired angle with regard to the width of the frame A B, and it remains at such angle by griping the sleeve 0 upward against the sloping outer surfaces of the parts 01 and retaining the sleeve 0 by thumb-screw a, this action serving to press the annular socket E upon the central portion of the head F with sufficient power to hold the said head F rigidly in the requisite position, so that by this means the head F may be placed in any situation preferred for any of the exigencies of practical' plumbing. 8 5

What I claim as my invention is-- 1. The head F, reversible on the pivots e, in combination with the frame composed of the connected but separate and detachable parallel parts A B, and means, substantially as described, for holdingthe reversible head against rotation upon the pivots 0, so that the said head may be held with either end outward, all substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth. 5

2. The combination of the divided annular socket E, having pivots 0r bearings c, and divided, as shown at f, with reversible head F, and frame composed of the two parallel parts A B, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. The combination of the sleeve 0 and setsorew a with the frame composed of the two parallel parts AB, the divided socket E, having pivots or bearings e, and the reversible head F, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

4. The combination of the reversible head F, the annular divided socket E, having pivots or bearings e, the frame composed of the parallel parts A B, the sleeve 0, constructed I 5 with the fork h and screw a, the handle D, and nut b, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

JOHN CARROLL. Witnesses: I

THOMAS E. CROSSMAN, tom. W. MATTHEWS. 

